Bib and safety jacket



Aug. 31, 1948- R1. BRADLEY 2,448,076

BIB AND SAFETY JACKET Filed Nov. 27, 1946 INVENTOR J 20551, BRADLEYPatented Aug. 31, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BIB AND SAFETY JACKETRose r. Bradley, semis, Wash.

Application November 27, 1946, Serial No. 712,600

1 Claim.

This invention relates to bibs for babies and small children, andparticularly to such bi-bs for protecting clothing and for preventingthe children from falling from chair seats.

In the ordinary care of babies and small children, while eating from atable it is usual to place the children on high chairs; but suchchildren unless constantly watched, frequently fall from such chairs,and frequentl spill and drop port ons of food upon their clothing orupon the floor.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a simple andeasily constructed jacket for slipping over the children, to preventsoiling of the clothes, and dropping of the food upon the floor, and forpreventing the children from falling from the chairs. A particularobject is to provide a jacket for easily being placed over the clothesof a child, being closed across the breast for a bib, and having anupturned dge along the bottom for a trough for catching any food thatmay be dropped, the back of such jacket having vertical edges spacedapart, with laces for con-'- necting the vertical edges adjustably, andsuch laces extended beneath the jacket for attach ment to the chair, forpreventing the child from falling therefrom.

With these and other objects to be hereinafter stated, I haveillustratively exemplified my invention by the accompanying drawings, ofwhich:

Figure 1 is a view of the front of the preferred form of jacket, with atrough along the lower edge thereof and ties extended from the outerlower corners for attachment to a chair.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the same jacket, showing vertical edgesspaced apart and connected by lacing, the lower ends thereof beingconnected to legs of a chair.

Like numerals on the different figures represent like parts.

Numeral 5 indicates the front area of the bib and jacket, which servesto prevent soiling of the regular clothing of a child, and may be easilydisposed over the child when eating, and is preferably constructed ofmaterial that may be easily cleaned. 6 indicates the upturned edge ofthe front of the lower edge of the jacket which so provides a trough forcatching any crumbs of food that the child ma drop. The outer edge ofthe trough may be connected in spaced relation from the front of the bibby any suitable means, as by narrow strips of plastic Lspaced apart.

The jacket is supported over the shoulders by continued portions of thebi-b material or straps 8, and the rear portion of the jacket isprovided with oppositely positioned panels 8' and 9, with the adjacentedges in vertical'lines l0 and II spaced apart to permit adjustment toconform to the size of the child, and each of the vertical edges isprovided with a plurality of eyelets spaced apart from top to bottom,indicated as l2 and i3 for the respective edges.

In order to connect the vertical edges, laces I4 are provided, which areslidably disposed through the eyelets to and fro in criss-crossedarrangement for drawing the edges together as may be desired when placedon a child. The body of the lacing is preferably disposed first throughthe upper pair of eyelets and carried thence downward to the lowesteyelets, and thence carried outward in oppositely disposed directionsand through eyelets l5 and I6 which are provided at the lower outercorners of the bib or jacket, whereby the two edges may be drawn towardeach other.

From such outer lower corners, the free ends of the lacings are extendedany sufficient length, for connecting the jacket to a stool A on whichthe child may be seated, and particularly to the legs thereof B. Tofacilitate easy and rapid connection with such legs, the extremities ofthe lacings are preferabl provided with sockets l1, and snap buttons l8suitably spaced apart for connecting together to provide loops I8, fordisposal around the legs of the chair or stool. This loop may be soconnected by use of only one hand, which is frequently important where amother or nurse must use the other hand for sustaining the child insuitable position, or for holding other objects such as dishes or food.

In operation it will be understood, that when the jacket is disposed ona child, the laces are drawn through the back eyelets until the vericaledges are suitably disposed apart for ease of the child and suflicientlyclose to prevent the child from throwing off the jacket, the extendedlower ends of the lacings are then carried down below the chair seat andconnected preferably by the loops to the chair legs. Any attempt of thechild to then rise from the seat, will tend to further draw the verticaledges toward each other, binding the jacket more firmly around the childand the connecting loops around the chair legs will effectually preventthe child from rising or falling from the chair seat.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, for patent:

A combined bib and safety jacket for a baby, comprising, a vest closedacross the front for a bib to protect the clothing of the baby whileeating, the rear side of the vest being provided with a pair ofoppositely disposed panels having substantially vertical edges normallyspaced apart to provide for adjustments around the baby, a plurality ofeyelets spaced apart along the vertical edges for lacings, lacingsthrough the oppositely disposed eyelets and having reaches extended toandiroppp'ositely"to eachio'theriior normal- 1y sustaining the vestloosely about the body-of the baby and for automatically binding thevest tightly about the body of the baby when attempting to rise, thelower ends of the lacingscarried down from the outer lower corners ofthe jacket and having sockets and buttons near the'extremi 3315725362465 ties thereof operable with one hand for forming a pair ofloops for connection with opposite legs of a chair below the seatthereof to prevent the baby from rising and falling from the seat.

ROSE I. BRADLEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Elson Oct. 3, 1939 Garner Nov. 14, 1944Number

